Let X1,...,Xn1 be a random sample from a population with mean µ1 and variance ${\sigma }_1^2$, and X1,...,Xn1 be a random sample from another population with mean µ2 and variance ${\sigma }_2^2$ independent of {Xi,1 ≤ i ≤ n1}. Consider the two sample t-statistic $T=\frac{\overline{X}-\overline{Y}-({\mu }_1-{\mu }_2)}{\sqrt{s_1^2/n_1+s_2^2/n_2}}$. This paper shows that ln P(T ≥ x) ~ -x²/2 for any x := x(n1,n2) satisfying x → ∞, x = o(n1 + n2)1/2 as n1,n2 → ∞ provided 0 < c1 ≤ n1/n2 ≤ c2 < ∞. If, in addition, E|X1|3 < ∞, E|Y1|3 < ∞, then $\frac{P(T\ge x)}{1-\Phi \left(x\right)}\to 1$ holds uniformly in x ∈ (O,o((n1 + n2)1/6))